FEMA Higher Education Conference June 2010 GIS in Emergency Management

5/5/2009MMA Emergency Management2 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Founded in 1890 One of nine Massachusetts State Colleges Originally for education of merchant mariners Marine Engineering Marine Transportation Expanded programs into Marine Environmental Protection Facilities Engineering Emergency Management International Maritime Business Technical Educational Programs Regimental Life Style

Emergency Management courses using Geographical Information Systems Every student will select a town in Massachusetts and build on data struvture for that town and a surrounding 10 mile buffer in the following courses Introduction to GIS Risk Management Natural Hazards Emergency Management Operations Information Technology in Emergency Management The data structure will be used to simulate emergency situations throughout the program 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management3

Introduction to GIS ArcGIS Minimum Essential Data Set (MEDS) map Town Base Map (projected and geographic coordinates) Town Boundary (selected from the state town map) Roadway Data Emergency Response Sites Population ( blocks and 3 types of block group) USGS GNIS Infrastructure Aerial Photographs Hillshaded Digital Elevation Maps 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management4

County Hillshade 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management5 Introduction to GIS Maps Newburyport Massachusetts Spanish speaking Aerial Photograph Flood Data Flood Zones Income less than $10000

Risk Management ALOHA Creating a chemical plume Simulating a transportation incident Varying meteorological conditions Linking the plume to the ArcGIS MEDS Base Map Investigate Population effected Investigate Road Closures 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management6

Aloha Propane Toxic Vapor Plume

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management8 Aloha Propane Toxic Vapor Plume

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management9 Risk Management Propane Explosion Propane Toxic Plume Newburyport Massachusetts

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management10 Newburyport Massachusetts Population effected by vapors

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management11 Road Closures Newburyport Massachusetts

Natural Hazards ArcGIS MEDS Base Map Flooding Scenario Census population affected in various demographic categories Attach HAZUS daytime population distribution Triage locations Shelter requirements and locations HAZUS level 1 Hurricane and Earthquake scenario Probabilistic Hurricane Damage assessment Mitigation Farsite 4 GIS Wildfire Simulator Perform tutorial Wildfire simulation using spatial analysis 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management12

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management13 Newburyport Massachusetts Population effected by floods

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management14 Barnstable County Massachusetts Probabilistic Hurricane

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management15 Barnstable County Damage and Shelter Assessment

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management16 Barnstable County Apply 100% Mitigation Measures Rerun the Model

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management17 Compare tabulated data Non Mitigated Mitigated Barnstable Massachusetts Mitigation for Probabilistic Hurricane

Information Technology in Emergency Management ArcGIS MEDS Base Map refined to include Population vulnerability Network Analysis Emergency Response service areas Shortest route to triage 3D Analysis 3D view of town center Raster Analysis Model Builder Viewsheds and Contours Population vulnerability analysis Image Processing (ArcView 3.2, Image J) 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management18

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management19 FieldPercentage inc_lo_prc30% of households with "low" income lng_noteng30%Non-English speaking householdsCalculate as percent age65_over20%Total population age 65 and olderCalculate as percent age_lt1820%Total population under age 18Calculate as percent Vulnerable Population

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management20 Vulnerable Population Calculate the function Investigate the distribution

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management21 Vulnerable Population Map the distribution

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management22 Network Analysis

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management23 Network Analysis Service Areas Delivery Route

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management24 Viewshed from 2 points Using a Hillshade draped with a DEM at 50% transparency

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management25 Raster Analysis Rasterized Flood Zones Rasterized Vulnerable Population Combine

5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management26 Resulting Critical Areas

Emergency Management Operations Incident Commander Emergency Response Game Resource allocation is a critical function 3 Teams of 7 or 8 players in each class. Practice runs 3 official runs Radio and Web EOC communications Each student plays an IC chief After Action Report Team competition 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management27

Emergency Management Computer Lab 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management28 Verbal Communications between Players

MMA Emergency Management Simulator 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management29 Main ConsoleAt Scene Station Radio and Web EOC Communications between Players

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Department I will be happy to address any questions you have during this session or via Professor Malcolm MacGregor 5/8/2009MMA Emergency Management30